Australia’s ASIC seeks to extend trading protections to crypto-settled products
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Australia's corporate regulator wants to extend its CFD rules to 2037 and explicitly cover contracts settled in digital assets Australia’s corporate regulator wants another decade of guardrails on contracts for difference. This time, digital assets are named in the rulebook. On October 12, 2026, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) published Consultation Paper CS 64. It proposes extending the existing CFD Product Intervention Order (PIO) for ten years, out to 2037, subject to ministerial approval. Stakeholders have until November 9, 2026 to send feedback. The biggest change in CS 64 is definitional.
Source: Crypto Briefing
